Improved table and bedstead



, tween the end walls b.

initrd me JAMES L. BnANDEaoF BoSTon, MASSACHUSETTS.

\ LettersLPatent No. 95,076, dated September 21, 1869.

IMPROVE!) TABLE AND BEDSTEAD.

l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part bfthe same. I

To all whom it may concern A Be it known,` that I, J-Anns L; Barranca,of Bosl .ton,in the county of Su'olk, and State of Massachusetts, .haveinvented a Combined Table and Bedstead; and I do hereby declare that'thefollowing, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and'form part ot' this specification, is adescription of my invention,suticient to enable those skilled in the ait to practise it. r l

High Yrents and the'frequent necessity of economiz- Ving room,'have ledto the extensive introduction of secret beds or bedsteads,` Vwhich maybefolded into such form that they'V constitute, in appearance, or-

`dinary articles of sitting-room or dining-room furniture, but by changeof position and form,'are con- .verted into beds.l A

It is to such convertible articles of furniture that nly` improvementrelates, and my invention consist-sk m atable, the top supportingframeof which is com posed `of Abox-shaped parts, hinged together, andforming, when swung down, a bed or bedstead, while the t0p,tself, hingedto the box-shaped sections, constitutes the head'and foot-boards of thebedstead, when the outer boxfframes arefswnng down. y

The drawings representa piece of furniture (combining` a table andbedstead) made iuaceordance with my invention.

A shows the article spread open for a bed; `15 shows it closed up toforma table;

C is an end elevation of the table; and D is an end elevation of thebed. a denotes 'a centre base-piece, having two end walls or uprigbts,b. f

Upon eacl side of" this base` a is hinged .a boxframe, c or el, composedof a main board, c, side-boards f, and end walls g, the main board cbeing hinged to Vthe centre-base aas'seen at h, the length of eachframe, c d, being slightly 'less than the centre frame a b, so that theframes cand d can swing vertically belothe outer .edge ot eachside-board f is hinged a 'and form the side rails, and the pieces ff,into vertical position to 'form the end rails, while, by openingtheleaves i m, 'and bringing them' into vertical line with the end railsj, the head ,and'foot-boards are formed, thus completing the bedstead,the leaves i m being locked in upright position by suitable buttons orhooks. d l

The bedstead thus formed, is `strong and rigid, maybe of suitable s izefor containing a full-sized bed or mattress, o, and is neat, and notnnornamental in appearance.

To form the table, the leaves 'are unfastened from the buttons or hooks,the end frame's c d are tipped up into vertical position, and arebrought together, (as seen at 13,) the ends of the bed turning up withthe frames.

The end-walls ff, are by this movement, brought into horizontalposition, with their edges abutting, as seen at B.

The main leaves 'L' are folded against the pieces f, and form thetable-top, the auxiliary leaves m being extended, as seen at B, ordepending from their hinges,

as s een by the red lines. v

The two frames c d, being locked together in their 'upright position, atil-m foundation is made for the 'table-top, as Will-be readilyunderstood.

It will be obvious that these changes may be very readily and quicklymade, and the Amost ordinary skill.

require no other than' The bedstead is at hand when no table is needed,4 and furnishes avery useful purpose as a table in the day time,occupying the space which might otherwise be necessarily occupied by atable, instead of being a mere case for the eoricealnient, of a bed.

`I claim- A combined table and bedstead,in which the up-V top andleavesY right head and foot-boards serve as the of the table, substantially asdescribed. Y

` Also, the combination with the Vcentre-piece a 11, of the lhingedbox-frames c (I, and the pieces im, as

Yshown and described. t A

1 l JAMES L. BRANDER.

\Vitiiesses:

J. B. CROSBY, FRANCIS GoULn.-

